"Colchicum" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Griffiths's journey; the arrival of the dread man cook; Richards's indignation at being made subordinate to such authority; the bishop's desertion of the Education Board; the colonel's dangerous and precipitate consumption of colchicum; the quarrel between Lord and Lady George as to staying or not staying; the new dresses of the Miss O'Joscelyns, which their worthy father could so ill afford; and, above all, the confusion, misery, rage, and astonishment which ...
— The Kellys and the O'Kellys • Anthony Trollope
... var. umbellata! elatior? * sinensis! Aristolochia Clematitis. Blitum sp. Chenopodium sp. Rumex sp. Salix cinerea. *Hyacinthus orientalis! Lilium bulbiferum! croceum, et sp. alix, pl. Tulipa, sp. Polygonatum anceps. Fritillaria imperalis! Agave americana. Iris versicolor. sambucina. Crocus, sp. Colchicum autumnale. Narcissus incomparabilis! Tazetta. biflorus. chrysanthus. *Ophrys aranifera! Calanthe vestita! Oncidium bicolor. ...
— Vegetable Teratology - An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants • Maxwell T. Masters |
